Hererra, Hayden
Summary: "A coming-of-age memoir by the daughter of privileged, artistic, hard-drinking, bohemian parents, set against a backdrop of 1950s New York, Cape Cod, and Mexico"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Word Mem HerreraFelicien, Perdita
Summary: "A raw and affecting memoir about a mother and daughter who beat the odds together. Perdita Felicien's story is woven into her mother's like an intricate braid. To understand Perdita's story, you must know Catherine's. Catherine is larger than life. At seventeen years old, she is determined and tenacious, and longing to experience a better life. But she is also pregnant with her second child,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday Canada 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 FELPatricof, Alan J.
Summary: "Extensive media and online coverage of the businesss arena, news of start-ups, merers, and deals are familiar headlines these days. But that wasn't always the case. The early years of venture capital were a far cry from today's very public dealings. Alan Patricof, one of the pioneers of the venture arena, offers a behind-the-scenes look at the past fifty years of the industry. From...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Post Hill Press 2022
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Summary: "Patric Gagne realized she made others uncomfortable before she started kindergarten. Something about her caused people to react in a way she didn't understand. She suspected it was because she didn't feel things the way other kids did. Emotions like fear, guilt, and empathy eluded her. For the most part, she felt nothing. And she didn't like the way that "nothing" felt. She did her best to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2024
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Summary: "At the core of Einstein's general theory of relativity are a set of equations that explain the relationship among gravity, space, and time--possibly the most perfect intellectual achievement of modern physics. For over a century, physicists have been exploring, debating, and at times neglecting Einstein's theory in their quest to uncover the history of the universe, the origin of time, and the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2014
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Summary: Based on Nikki Sixx's drug-soaked New York Times best-selling memoir, The Heroin Diaries, chronicles the year of decadence and depravity that almost cost Sixx his life during the recording and tour for M©œtley Cr©ơe's seminal 1987 album, Girls Girls Girls, the book not only became a worldwide best-seller, but also spawned the band Sixx A.M.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Heavy Metal Media 2018
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: 921 SIXKenney, Mary
Summary: "Discover the women behind the video games we love--from the iconic games they created, the genres they invented, the studios and companies they built--and how they changed the industry forever. From classic games like Centipede and Solitaire to popular modern games like Final Fantasy, Uncharted, and Halo, this book explores the work and history of 25 influential women in the video game...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 920 KENBarr-Green, Craig
Summary: Ever heard of the iPhone? Steve Jobs, raised in California, was the co-founder of Apple, creator of the iPhone. He also played a major role in making Pixar what it is today. His technology transformed the way we live, and gave us objects we now cannot imagine living without. Get ready to discover his incredible story and the secrets of his success in this real-life account of his life and work.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in JT Non-Fiction, Call number: JT People JobsDe Laurentiis Johnston, Julia
Summary: "A thrilling look at 25 female adventurers from around the world who made their marks on history. Women have long been badass adventurers, loop the looping as trick pilots or braving the grueling climb to the top of Mount Everest. But their stories have not always got the recognition they deserve. Here are the stories of 25 remarkable women who have soared the skies, climbed the world's highest...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kids Can Press 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 920 DE LDemuth, Patricia
Summary: "Temple Grandin wasn't officially diagnosed with autism until she was in her 40s, but she knew at an early age that she was different from her family and classmates. She couldn't show affection, she acted out when noises or other stimuli overwhelmed her,and she only felt comfortable when spending time with the animals on her aunt's ranch. But instead of seeing her differences as limitations,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Workshop 2020
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JB GRANDIN (BASKET)Hampl, Patricia
Summary: The Art of the Wasted Day is a picaresque travelogue of leisure written from a lifelong enchantment with solitude. Patricia Hampl visits the homes of historic exemplars of ease who made repose a goal, even an art form. She begins with two celebrated eighteenth-century Irish ladies who ran off to live a life of "retirement" in rural Wales. Her search then leads to Moravia to consider the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 HAMPL, PATRICIA HAMHighsmith, Patricia
Summary: "Publishing for the centenary of her birth, Patricia Highsmith's diaries "offer the most complete picture ever published" of the canonical author (New York Times). Relegated during her lifetime to the pulpy genre of mystery, Patricia Highsmith has emerged since her death in 1995 as one of "our greatest modernist writers" (Gore Vidal). Presented for the first time, this one-volume assemblage of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W.W. Norotn & Company 2021
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Summary: Profiles Amelia Earhart, who was the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean and who disappeared during her attempt to become the first woman to fly around the world.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Aladdin 2003
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Transitional Reader (Blue), Call number: JBR BLUE LAKLakin, Patricia
Summary: A brief biography of the woman who overcame her shyness to become a teacher, a nurse during the Civil War, and founder of the American Red Cross.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Aladdin 2004
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Summary: "A series of sketches that chronicle the well-known – and lesser-known – young women of Michigan who achieved great things before the age of 20."--from Good Reads website.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wayne State University Press 2015
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1 available in JT Non-Fiction, Call number: JT 920.72 Majher 2015O'Toole, Patricia
Summary: "By the author of acclaimed biographies of Theodore Roosevelt and Henry Adams, a penetrating biography of one of the most high-minded, consequential, and controversial US presidents, Woodrow Wilson (1856-1924). The Moralist is a cautionary tale about the perils of moral vanity and American overreach in foreign affairs."--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 WILSON, WOODROW OTOPolacco, Patricia.
Summary: Whenever Mary Ellen needed Betty Doll, she was there. Through the fierce Michigan thunderstorms and the snowy blizzards. Through parties, weddings, and the deaths of old friends. Now, when Mary Ellen's daughter Trisha needs Betty Doll most, she opens a package and rediscovers the sweet old doll, along with a letter written by her mother right before she died. In it, her mother tells the story...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Philomel Books 2001
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 BARPolacco, Patricia.
Summary: An autobiography of the well-known author and illustrator.
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Publisher / Publication Date: R.C. Owen 1994
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JB POLACCO POLWright, Patricia
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dorling Kindersley 1993
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 759.46 GOYBosworth, Patricia
Summary: "An American journalist and biographer discusses what it was like to come of age during the repressive 1950s and how her family's move to New York landed her inside the Actor's Studio with Marilyn Monroe and Paul Newman,"--NoveList.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 BOSWORTH, PATRICIA BOSBosworth, Patricia.
Summary: A biography of Marlon Brando explores the sexuality, passion, and sensitivity that fueled this film icon's rise to superstardom.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2001
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Summary: "Born in 1867 in the "Big Woods" in Wisconsin, Laura experienced both the hardship and the adventure of living on the frontier. It wasn't until after she was sixty that Laura Ingalls Wilder started chronicling those times, which resulted in nine Little House books, a hit TV series that ran for eight years, and her own permanent place as a heroine of the American West"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grosset & Dunlap 2013
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JB BASKET WILDERField, Patricia
Summary: From her Studio 54 disco-glam styling to her awarding-winning work in The Devil Wears Prada, Sex in the City, and Emily in Paris, the iconic stylist and fashion provocateur, now in her 70s, tells her story of a life spent challenging conventions.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dey St., an imprint of William Morrow 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 FIELD, PATRICIA FIEGeis, Patricia
Summary: Discover the magnificent art of Leonardo da Vinci, Renaissance master, through this newest addition to the popular Meet the Artist! series. Leonardo's full range of work, from his exquisite paintings and sculptures to his brilliant inventions and codes, is included in this pop-up activity book. Flaps, cutouts, and pull tabs invite young readers and budding artists to engage in a hands-on...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Princeton Architectural Press 2018